HardwareBanter - View Single Post - What's a good new 24"+ monitor or even a TV (smart & 4K R OK)?

**Larc[_3_]** · December 17th 20, 09:28 PM posted to alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt

On Thu, 17 Dec 2020 14:29:02 -0500, Flasherly wrote:

| On Thu, 17 Dec 2020 12:20:08 -0600, NT (Ant) wrote:
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| What's a good new 24"+ monitor or even a TV (smart and 4K are OK, but
| please no Roku since their RCs are awful without numbers for cable &
| OTA inputs) for mostly computers (Internet, meetings, Office, etc.),
| gaming, videos (locally and online), etc.? It will be placed on an
| office desk. It also needs to have old VGA (DVI adapter if needed) and
| HDMI. Composite and other old connections are OK. Budget isn't an
| issue. Anything good from Amazon, Costco, Best Buy, etc. online and in
| their So. CA stores? I'd like to buy it before this crazy year ends
| too.
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| Check out 27" LG/HP, some others. 32" will even drop by a third or
| more -- e.g. $350-ish, down or closer to $200. Point is, though I
| personally haven't used a 27", I'd think it far better than 24". 32",
| although large, also nice, whereas anything bigger may involve strain,
| arm's-length away for possibly too high upward's-looking strain on the
| neck and interference with a "natural gaze", that being a level look
| that doesn't interrupt blinking, moistening the eyes nor not blinking
| while staring upwards with dry eyes.

I just bought my second 27" UHD monitor (LG 27UK500-B). 32" was definitely a
consideration, but I decided it would be too big and would require too much head
movement to see everything or have to be pushed back too far on my computer desk. 27"
seems perfect.

Larc